What is the name of the thunderbird backup file?
I recently posted the following question and received the answer to restore it from a backup. Due to a number of computer problems it was necessary to reformat the hard drive. When I go to Thunderbird now it shows the main incoming mail but does not show my local folders. I first question was "How do I get to local folders back with their emails?". This was answered with the suggestion to restore Thunderbird from a backup. I do have a backup on a separate hard drive but can't seem to find the Thunderbird backup file. Can someone tell me the name of the Thunderbird and also the Firefox backup files?
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Did you use Mozbackup? If so they are in your chosen folder and are named like: Thunderbird 31.7.0 (en-US) - 2015-05-29.pcv Firefox 37.0.2 (x86 en-US) - 2015-04-28.pcv
no I uesd windows backup via HPs Action Center.
Your local folders are under Backupdisk:.......\users\"Your win-username"\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\profiles\?????.default\Mail\Local Folders
????? can be any letters and numbers. AppData is a hidden folder. To see it you must turn "show hidden files and folders" on
Easiest way to import is to use ImportExportTools -addon. https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html
Here is some help http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail
Firefox: Backupdisk:\Users\"Your_Win_username"\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\???????.default
What windows backup make with that I dont know.